Bag seal



p the, sack in which money 'is Patented 1923.

Tca ll it"may'aaneemfl- I Beiit known that I, Noliwoon QVQ. STAavs- FIELD, a citizen, of.,the. -Uni ted States, 'resid-.

ingv at fBaltimore ,city," State of, 'Maryland,

portation jandj'shipment. V

Heretofore considerable difliculty has been encountered in theopening'of the bag' by'its authorized recipient due 17,0 the fact that in using" a "knife" to cut the cord, the "present seal body is so disposed and arranged with reference to the cord that this action jeopardizes the material of the bag and even where the greatest care is exercised it is found that oftentimes the fabric of the bag is cut by the knife during the severing of the cord and the bag thus rendered useless and having to be discarded.

It is an object of the invention to provid a sealing body in combination with a fastening cord, which will be so constructed and arranged as to permit of the severing of designated by like symbols throughout the the cord by the use of the knife without endangering the fabric .of the bag, and at the same time to' render this operation easier and less tedious, all the while providing an effective seal and a tight closure. I

Other objects of the invention are to economize on the amount of material used in the seal which is expensive, to render the cord more accessiblefor both fastening and severing, and in general to provide anar ticle of this nature which may be more read ily handled and which will promote the longer life of these bags which are also quite costly. V r

With the foregoing andotherfobjects in view the invention will be more fully described hereinafter and more particularly pointed out in the subjoined claim.

In the drawings wherein like parts are several views, r V

Figure 1, 1s a side new of a bag havmg placed for trans Jmo twoon'vfisamusrrnnn, OEBAIiT IMOR E MARYLA ND. I

"i .lnaevsnank H y p 1 1t fi ledfqane 19, lace s a Naf 9 4 4. f"

, the improved. :on the neck" or mouth thereof! if,

t e-3a i Figure 2, is an enlarged edged view of the seal prior etoj its bending or offsetting. Figure .3, is acentral sectional view-taken through the seal and fastening cord. f

, .Referring more particularly to the ing,]1-"de'signates thebag made-of ana pp roa-y priate fabric such for instanceas; money co1nand currency. e .Ajccordlng to the invention the improved b. gs employed in b anks forthe transfer of seal comprises a solid bodyior block 2 of v I lead or some other relatively soft material capable of being [bent or ,ofi'set order; to.

bind thefcord'therein; The body carries; a

pin 3 the head of; which is embedded in.

material of-1the body withjt's point pro 7 j ecting forv a. considerable; distance be nd the inner end-"ofthe body forthe purpose of entering the material of the bag mouthj For 'f convenience the end of the solid body toward the bag is referred was the inner end of the body and that'away from the bag as the outer end of the body. This pin 3 occupiesa substantially central position, or rather it lies coincident with the longitudinal center of the block projecting beyond its inner end.

At the sides of the pin are the openin s 4 and 5 to receive the end portions 6 and 3 of the fastening cord which is formed into a pair of loops8 and 9 embracing the bag v mouth. The intermediate part of thecord or the bight 10 extends across the outer end of the seal body after passing through the perforations 11 and 12 which parallel the openings 4:.a'nd 5 and are situated at theouter sides of the block! and extending for only a short'distance atthe front part there of inasmuch as the intermediate a-nd rear portions of the sides of thebody! are removed providing spaces having the sloping walls 13 and 14. These spaces at the sides ofv the block are deeper at the outer-portion and are narrowertowards the inner portion by virtue of the inclination given the walls 13 and 14, in other words the side walls 13 and 14: converge outwardly or away from the,

inner end of the'solid body.- p

When the loops 8 and 9 are'engaged from the mouth of the ,sackas shown in Fig. 1 and the pin 3 duly inserted in place, the ends 6 and 7 of the cord arevpulledfoutwardly through the openings 1 and 5 drawing the block 2 toward the bag permitting? the tightening of the loops and the comonly by tampering with the blo clrQ which will immediately show this fact. When the bag arrives at its destination and an authorized employee of the receiving bank wishes to open it he applies a knife along both spaces atthe sides of the block where the cord is left exposed and the cord' is severed at these points which is remote fromthe fabric of the bag. The knife is moved up and .down at right angles to the,

cord and when it comes suddenly through the cord, it will strike either of the inclined walls 13 and 14 and be directed away from the bag avoiding the possibility of cutting the fabric thereof. The laterally projecting parts of the block 2 at the outer end thereof form shoulders to arrest the sliding movement of the knife on the inclined walls.

It will thus be appreciated that with a seal constructed according to the present invention. the cord may be-readily and con-' veniently severed with entire safety to' the bag, 'but"that it'he' sea-ll'is firende'red no less elfective because of this"*construction and notwithstanding the advantages in this respect, its accomplishment israttended by the considerable saving of lead which would otherwise occupy the spaces at the side of the body. 4 y I} I desire it"to'be' understood that I'have shown and described a preferred and satisfactory embodiment oit my inventi'oni but obviously changesand modifications maybe made therein without departing from the spirit of the invention, and I reserve the right to make suchchanges and ,modifica Wi in e tions as may be fairly included scope of the following claim. I

What lemmas r I y A rbag seal comprising as'olid seal body, and a fastening cord'looped about thebag and passing longitudinally through the seal body,' said seal body having side walls jcon verging outwardly away from the inner end of the seal body, the outer end of the body having shoulders projecting beyond theends of the side mus, tohold the cord 6X7 posed position along'said converging walls, substantially as described I QR W STANSFEELH 

